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Accession number:
PML 3469.46
Published:
[London?] : [printer not identified], [1700?]
Description:
1 sheet ([1] page) : illustrations (woodcut) ; 29.7 x 19 cm
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Refrain: While the Cuckold he tarry'd at home. / Whilst thy Husband at home sounds the Horn. [with variation].
Half-sheet.
Imprint date suggested by Wing.
Printed in two columns in roman type, separated by a single rule; illustrated with 3 woodcuts, including (at left) a design frequently employed as an illustration for editions of the "Merry tales of the wise men of Gotham", showing a man in a fenced enclosure beside a tree where a cuckoo is perched; the man proclaims "Coocou" while the bird says "Gotam"; a small cut (at center); and a third cut (at right)
Variant Title:
First lines: Come the old or young, I'll sing you a song / Of a Grocer's brisk Wife who did go
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